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Canning, Goderich and Wellington, 1827-1830 - Statistics
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| Canning replaces Liverpool as PM, his ministry short-lived | 10 April 1827 | 0%
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| Huskisson dies at the opening of the Liverpool-Manchester railway, aged 60. He is struck and fatally injured by the Rocket after falling in front of it | 15 September 1830 | 0%
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| Goderich is appointed Leader of the House of Lords | 1827 | 0%
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| Canning negotiates the Treaty of London, creating British-French-Russian intervention in Greek independence | 1827 | 0%
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| James Beaumont Neilson creates the Hot Blast, increasing the efficiency of smelting iron | 1827 | 0%
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| Peel becomes Home Secretary for the second time | 1828 | 0%
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| The repeal of the Test and Corporations Act, lifting the legal ban on Nonconformist Protestants holding public office | 1828 | 0%
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| Huskisson introduces the idea of a sliding scale for the Corn Laws | 1828 | 0%
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| The County Clare by-election weakens Wellington's government, with Daniel O'Connell winning a seat 2:1, rather than intended Vesey Fitzgerald | 1828 | 0%
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| Wellington is forced to pass the Catholic Relief Act due to unrest in Ireland | 1829 | 0%
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| Peel implements Huskisson's Corn Law sliding scale | 1829 | 0%
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| The Birmingham Political Union is founded | 1829 | 0%
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| George Stephenson designs the 'Rocket', deemed as the first modern steam locomotive. The machine wins the Rainhill Trials, travelling up to 30mph | 1829 | 0%
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| In efforts to take a hardline approach, Wellington orders the hanging of Swing Rioters and the transportation of several hundred more | 1830 | 0%
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| Stephenson engineers the Liverpool-Manchester Railway, proving railways are viable for mass transport | 1830 | 0%
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| Wellington replaces Goderich as PM | 22 January 1828 | 0%
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| King George IV dies, aged 67 | 26 June 1830 | 0%
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| Lord Liverpool dies of his third stroke, aged 58 | 4 December 1828 | 0%
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| George Canning dies of pneumonia, aged 57 | 8 August 1827 | 0%
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| The Swing Riots begin, making Wellington's government look weak and indecisive | April 1830 | 0%
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| Goderich replaces Canning as PM | August 1827 | 0%
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| Peel finally passes Catholic Emancipation, allowing Catholics to hold public office. This angers the ultra-tories, who perceive the act as a betrayal by protestant landowners | February 1829 | 0%
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| Unable to hold together Canning's fragile coalition of moderate Tories and Whigs, Goderich reigns after only 144 days | January 1828 | 0%
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| King William IV ascends to the throne, leading to a general election. Wellington retains his power, but votes favour the Whigs and Canningite Tories | July 1830 | 0%
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| A series of Swing Riot letters appear, issuing threats against local farmers and landowners. This provokes government reaction | June 1830 | 0%
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| Wellington makes a major blunder in a reactionary speech, which praises the existing political system as being nearly perfect. This upsets nearly everybody, and does nothing for his declining popularity | November 1830 | 0%
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| Wellington alienates his own party by resisting electoral reform, leading to his downfall and thus resignation | November 1830 | 0%
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| Earl Grey replaces Wellington as MP | November 1830 | 0%
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